St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-30
Gladstone Still Able to Sway the House of
Commons With His 0ratorical
Power.
A Speech Last Night Which Has Raised
Havoc With the Irish Coercion
Bill.
ParneH Advises His American
Friends of the Gravity of the
Situation.
Two Priests Behind the BarS--The
General Budget of Foreign
News.

sad that III an issue so grave and proposals
so extreme as those now put forth by the
government it required ample time for con-
sideration. He found himself bound to
support Parnelfs amendment because the
grounds upon which BalfOur based the gov
ernment's case were absolutely insufficient
and unsatisfactory. The governments bill
instead OF being a cure for Irish
Ills, or even palliative, was
measure that would aggravate deep seated
disorders. 'With this coercion bill," ex-
claimed Gladstone, 1.-The prospect of con-
ciliation vanished into thin air. The
government intends to exclude the land bill,
which was the main recommendation of the
commission which has just completed an
exhaustive investigation of the Irish
troubles. Nothing remains but the figure
OF coercion, bare, bald and gaunt; alas too
familiar. The right honorable chief secre-
tary for Ireland has attempted to excuse
the proposals on the ground that crime in
Ireland during the last three years has in
creased, but he followed
ANUNUSUAT. COURSE
in refraining from giving the house official
information proving his allegations The
statistics of crime in Ireland are against the
government. Take the instance given of
threatening letters. In 1882, 432 such let
ters were received. In 1886 but rs were
received. That hardly furnished ground
for asking parliament to assent to the ex-
treme measure of coercion. Other classes
of crime amounted in 1885 to SIP, and in
1856 to SIT. deposition cheersl. This
increase is described as the main
reason for the extreme demands of
the government. Ii Balfour had further
private information let him speak. 1t was
the first time he (Gladstone) knew of anon
ymous assertions being imposed upon par
Lament in support of demand for legisla-
ton. [Cheers. Here he referred in de-
tail to the case adduced by Balfour of
league tyrrany over persons. Continuing
he said boycOtting was bad enough, but
was not confined to Nationalists He
knew of a protestant clergyman who had
been deprived of his living because he
was home lruler. Continual illusions
had been made to previous Liberal coercion
proposals. In 1881 when his government
proposed coercion the ground was the agi-
tation then existing. Wherever he went
he was dogged by crime. For the
present bill there was no such excuse A
demand was made upon the house to COM
NIT the most formidable breach of trust
that popular assembly could perpetrate,
to tax conditions upon which alone parlia-
ment should sanction change in
law might fall with increased
stringency upon particular portion
of the queens subjects. The opposition
would insist upon having the fullest oppor-
tunity to examine the provisions of the
bill. Every Irish and every English mem
Der should have the fullest scope for pre-
senting his views [cheers and for sitting
and scrutiniZing
THE EXTREME PROPOSALS
of the government. Among its most in
sulting and eXasperating proposals, the
worst ever submitted to parliament. was
the provision that Irish trials be held at
London. He had never known such
blow at the national feeling of Ireland
The government could devise nothing
more likely to aggravate every existing
evil. AS to the permanent duration of this
bill the proposal made ones blood boil. To
establish what was formerly only tenn
porary remedy as permanent rule of eX-
istence for society in Ireland, would put
the brand of inferiority upon Ireland for
ever. recognizing as fixed principle what
was remedy. Many years had shown
that force was no remedy. Since the cleo
ton Of 1885, since the bulk of the Liberals
had judged it both right and safe to grant
home rule to Ireland, she had been free
from crime, a condition long unknown.
Why was this? Because the Irish people
knew the large, though insufficiently large,
body of Liberals had adopted.their interests
and would abide by them to the last.
[Cheers. If the Liberals acceded to the
appeals CT the government the result
would be retrogression, The Irish people
would return to state of things which
Liberal efforts had already partly remedied.
AS long as Ireland continued in her present
course of moderation, so long would the
Liberals be bound to perseyere in the EN-
deavOrS to assist her. The time would soon
come when to the many supporting the
cause of Ireland would be added many
more, when deplorable proposals such as
these of the government would no more be
associated with the name of Ireland, and
when it would seem that in doing what
they could now to serve the Irish cause,
they were also serving the cause of the wide
empire of Great Britain. Prolonged Ap-
plause.
GOSCHEN
taunted Gladstone with his alliance with
the National league. He asked him how
he would continue to meet the leagues con-
stantly increasing demands until absolute
separation should be completed. Every
body but the allies of the league considered
the state of Ireladd intOlerable. The gov
eminent would be disgraced if it refrained
from frustrating the efforts of the enemies
of existing laws, the opponents of whatever
remedial measures the government might
propose. He regretted the absence from
Gladstones speech of any condemnation on O
Irish crime or the violent language of Irish
agitators. The Liberal leader had rather
suggested q defense of those crimes. The
government based their case upon the
notorious failure of the administration of
the laws which constituted safety of in
divduals, and was the only true guarantee
of life and liberty. Here he read extracts
from the judges charges on the difficulties
attending the administration of the laws.
Continuing, he asked whether this evil
dence. though not statistical, should be
disregarded Was it not we'll known that
jurors were in danger of their lives?
Were not Individual jurors held up to
odium by the public press. He deplored
GladstoneS tn quo que allusiOn to boy
c0tting. Such way of treating crime
might be understood by ignorant people as
Justification of crime. There were mis-
cries inflicted under boycotting that were
outrages upon civilization such as no gov
ernment should tolerate. Gladstone had
spoken of breach of trust. The govern
ment also had trust to which it was their
duty to be true a trust that had been placed
in their country-tO restore the authority of
the queen, respect for the Judges and liberty
for all classes of society. Cheers.
GLADsToNE's SPEECH
is widely commeA ed upon as an effective
exposure of the f4ebleness of the govern
ment's reasons for demanding coercion
The strength of his reasoning is admitted
by the Conservatives and felt keenly by the
JTnionist Liberals. more OF whom threaten